This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Kansas City, Missouri. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) is a public organization and is subject to the Missouri Open Records Act (Chapter 610, RSMo). All records obtained or retained by MARC are considered public records and are open to the public or media upon request unless those records are specifically protected from disclosure by law or exempted under the Missouri Sunshine Law. All contents of a response to a Request for Bids, Qualifications, Proposals or information issued by MARC are considered public records and subject to public release following decisions by MARC regarding the bid request. If a proposer has information that it considers proprietary, a bidder shall identify documents or portions of documents it considers to contain descriptions of scientific and technological innovations in which it has a proprietary interest, or other information that is protected from public disclosure by law, which is contained in a Proposal. After either a contract is executed pursuant to the Request for Bids, RFQ or RFP, or all submittals are rejected, if a request is made to inspect information submitted and if documents are identified as "Proprietary Information" as provided above under Missouri Sunshine Law, MARC will notify the proposer of the request for access, and it shall be the burden of the proposer to establish that those documents are exempt from disclosure under the law." The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), the regional and metropolitan planning organization for the bi-state Kansas City region, is seeking proposals from qualified firms to develop a plan for contractor training on Green Infrastructure (GI) installation and maintenance. This plan will guide programming within the Kansas City metro for at least the next 3-5 years, with trainings offered on a regular basis. The Kansas City Metro GI Contractor Training Plan must be adaptable for later use as part of a regional certification program. The plan must outline the steps required to develop either 1.) One 8-16-hour training that can be delivered over two days or 2.) A suite of trainings on specific stormwater best management practices (BMPs) totaling 8-16 hours. The plan must also include contractor recruitment strategies, topic selection, the process for converting the training into a certification program, as well as strategies for promoting a regional certification requirement. The final plan must also include a prototype for an 8-16 hour training. The final selection of a Contractor shall occur on or about June 28, 2022 (contingent upon approval by MARC's Board of Directors). MARC reserves the right to negotiate a contract, including a scope of work, and contract price, with any proposers or other qualified party This Request for Proposal does not commit MARC to award a contract, to pay any cost incurred in preparation of a response to this Request, or to procure or contract for services or supplies. MARC reserves the right to accept or reject any and all responses received as a result of this Request, or cancel this Request in part or in its entirety if it is in the best interests of MARC to do so. Proposers shall not offer any gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value to any officer, employee, agent, or director of MARC for the purpose of influencing favorable disposition toward either their proposal or any other proposal submitted as a result of the Request for Proposal. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.